Arrow guide

Abstract

A guide device designed to hold an arrow on its rest under all conditions of hunting and shooting a bow is disclosed. The device is held to the bow by a screw through its mounting bracket and into the rest or berger button hole in the side of the bow. The guide device has two guide arms which hold the arrow in place and a trigger to open the arms when the archer is ready to shoot. A spring is attached to the arms for closing the arms and returning the trigger. The arms are also shaped on top to allow faster and easier arrow placement when loading. After loading an arrow, the arrow is held on the rest and is ready for shooting. After making a full draw of the bow, the trigger is pulled with the index finger and the arms move away to let the arrow pass freely. After the shot, the trigger is released and the spring closes the guide arms. The guide arms can be easily bent to accommodate shorter arrow shafts and front mounted bow sights.

I claim: 
     
       1. An arrow guide for holding an arrow on an arrow rest of an archery bow comprising, in combination: support means formed to be attached to the bow adjacent to the arrow rest; a pair of elongate members each pivotally connected to said support means for rotation in a plane generally normal to the line of sight of the arrow, and disposed on opposite sides of the arrow, said elongate members includes a pair of arms having oppositely inclined surfaces;   elastic means connected to said members for urging said members toward each other; and   trigger means pivotally connected to said support means and operatively connected to said members for manually spreading said members apart from the arrow against the force of said elastic means for allowing the arrow to pass between said members without touching, said trigger means includes a pair of tynes slidably engaging respective ones of said inclined surfaces for translating rotation of said trigger means to rotation of said elongate members.   
     
     
       2. An arrow guide according to claim 1 wherein: said arms further include flared surfaces at the distal ends for imparting a spreading force to said members when an arrow shaft is manually urged between said surfaces.   
     
     
       3. An arrow guide for attachment to an archery bow, comprising, in combination: a support;   a pair of elongate members each pivotally connected on a first axis intermediate the ends thereof to said support for relative rotation toward and away from an arrow disposed along the line of sight, said members each having first and second arms extending from the pivotal connection, said first arms formed to grip the arrow shaft therebetween;   a spring connected to said first arms for urging said first arms toward the arrow shaft;   a pair of opposed inclined surfaces formed on said second arms; and   a pair of tynes pivotally connected to said support on a second axis generally normal to the first axis and slidably engaging said inclined surfaces for moving said first arms apart against the force of said spring.   
     
     
       4. An arrow guide according to claim 3 wherein: said first arms include generally parallel confronting surfaces when gripping the arrow shaft.   
     
     
       5. An arrow guide according to claim 3 further comprising: a trigger connected to said tynes for manually applying a spreading force to said first arms for releasing the arrow shaft therebetween.   
     
     
       6. An arrow guide according to claim 5 wherein: said members and said trigger are juxtaposed on the front of the bow.